Jammu city is reeling under a flood-like situation with the water entering the residential houses in many low-lying areas.
The water in the Chenab is flowing above the danger level and authorities have sounded alert and evacuated people from areas to safer places. At 11 am, water level in the Chenab river in Jammu was 11 ft, about 3 feet below the alert level.
Hundreds of people have been evacuated to a safer place by the administration, an official said.
People have been advised not to go near the water bodies or nallahs and stay alert.
The infrastructure including bridges, roads and government buildings have been damaged due to unprecedented rainfall in Jammu.
The residential houses and private property have also suffered damage during the heavy downpour.
“I have never seen such heavy rainfall in Jammu in my life time,” said a local resident Naveen Kumar.
The MeT official warned that there is a possibility of landslides/mudslides and shooting stones at many vulnerable places and advised people to stay away from water bodies, nallahs, river embankments, close structures, etc,
Due to continuous rainfall, Jammu is virtually cut off from the rest of the country and Kashmir.